I'm mostly kidding here, but I think there are plenty of things that people are generally better off not knowing the details of. As the Internet explains, some things cannot be unseen:
And I think it applies more than just images; I think it's true for facts as well. Imagine that you visit your parents for a week and every day at breakfast they tell you in detail about their previous night's sexual activities. Are you happier knowing? Will you chime in with tips?
Or for me, as someone living in California, I have a number of friends and acquaintances with various religious and spiritual beliefs. I generally don't want to know the details. At best, I'm going to be deeply uncomfortable as I struggle very seriously to keep a polite and neutral face. At worst, I will say what I really think, deeply offend them, and lose a friend. I'd just rather not know.
Returning to the office light bulbs, I think my sensitivity to details and my irritability about things being "wrong" is part of what makes me good at what I do. But I can't just switch it off for particular domains; when things are "wrong", I want to fix them. For years I was totally ignorant of the color temperature of lighting and my life was fine that way. I can't unsee it now.
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/what-has-been-seen-cannot-be-u...
The benefit of blissful ignorance is what is purposefully ruined by the various shock sites:
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/shock-sites
And I think it applies more than just images; I think it's true for facts as well. Imagine that you visit your parents for a week and every day at breakfast they tell you in detail about their previous night's sexual activities. Are you happier knowing? Will you chime in with tips?
Or for me, as someone living in California, I have a number of friends and acquaintances with various religious and spiritual beliefs. I generally don't want to know the details. At best, I'm going to be deeply uncomfortable as I struggle very seriously to keep a polite and neutral face. At worst, I will say what I really think, deeply offend them, and lose a friend. I'd just rather not know.
Returning to the office light bulbs, I think my sensitivity to details and my irritability about things being "wrong" is part of what makes me good at what I do. But I can't just switch it off for particular domains; when things are "wrong", I want to fix them. For years I was totally ignorant of the color temperature of lighting and my life was fine that way. I can't unsee it now.